financial crisis

Fashion designer Tata Kalita describes how difficult it was to study fashion during the 2008 economic crisis, when members of her family couldn’t support her financially. Despite a period of extreme psychological and financial hardship, she eventually found success.

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel, il fischio finale (The Final Blow).

Diplomat Massimiliano Sponzilli reflects on how the 1970s and 1980s set the stage for the reaction to the corruption scandals of 1990s Italy, and talks about the impact of the financial crisis that hit the country at the same time.

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel, il fischio finale (The Final Blow).